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, Patented Dec. 26, I899. E. E. MALLDRY &. C. S. STDNER.

SADDLE.

(Application filed may 26, 5.899.)

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No. 639,748. Patented Dec. 26, I899.

E. E. MALLORY & C. S. STONEB.

SADDLE.

(Application filed May 26 1899.)

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In wen/m3 NITED STATES P TENT Fries.

ERNEST E. MALLORY AND CLINTON S. STONEB, OF WEST UNITY, OHIO, ASSIGNORSOFSEVEN-TWELFTHS TO H. OORTEZ MILLER AND JOHN MlLLER, OF SAME PLACE.

SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,748, dated December26, 1899'.

Application filed May 26, 1899. Serial No. 718,434.. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, ERNEST E. MALLoRY and CLINTON S. STONER,citizens ofthe United States, residing at West Unity, in the county of Williams andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saddles; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in saddles especially designedfor use with bicycles, 85c. and its object is to provide a movablesaddle-seat having both vertical and longitudinal spring, wherebyjarring and strain upon the body of the rider are reduced to theminimum.

To these ends the inventionconsists in providing a seat which is mountedupon a bedplate, having a spring of ordinary construction connecting itwith the saddle-post clamp. Said seat is provided with suitablebearings, whereby it will readily move longitudinally upon thebed-plate, and springs are also provided for gradually overcoming thesliding motion of the seats.

The invention also consists in the further novel constructions andcombinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form ofour invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view with the support ing-springremoved. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. lis abottom plan view of the seat detached. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of thebed-plate detached. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the rod, its spring andguide detached. Fig. 7 is a view of the bearing-plate detached from saidguide. Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of a modified form of saddle-seat.Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the bed-plate therefor. Fig. 10 is a detailview of a modified form of guide for the rod. Fig. 11 is a transversesection therethrough. Fig. 12 is a bottom plan view of asaddle havingamodified form of spring. Fig. 13 is a bottom plan view of thesaddle-seat of said modified form.

Referring to said figures by letters of reference, A is the saddle-seat,of any desired form, provided with a metal plate or bearings a, which ischanneled longitudinally, as at a,

for the purpose hereinafter described. De pending from and rigidlysecured to the seat A, at or near the center thereof, is a guide B,preferably socketed at its lower inner end, as at b, for the receptionof a bearing-plate C, substantially as shown in Figs. 3 and 7, andvertically adjustable by meansof a screw 0 in the end of said guide.Said plate is formed of two sections 0 and c, suitably clamped together,as by screws, and retaining therebetween one or more balls 0 whichproject through one of the plates 0 and are adapted to bear upon a rodD, slidably mounted in said guide B and detachably secured at each endto a downwardly-turned flange or lip 6, formed at each end of a slot E,runninglongitudinally of a bed-plate F and through which said guide Bprojects. Said rod D is preferably provided at either side of the guideB with coiled springs D D the opposite ends of which are adapted to bearupon the flanges or lips c and the washers 6 binding against the guideB. The rear spring D is preferably stronger than the front spring D.

Secured within and projecting above the upper surface of bed-plate F arerollers G, so disposed. as toregister with and travel in the channels a,formed in the bottom a of the seat. These rollers Gform a bearing forthe saddle-seat resting thereupon, and as they are seated in thechannels a nothing butlongitudinal movement of the seat is permittedthereby.

Suitably secured to the bottom of bed-plate F is a supporting-spring Hof desired construction,having a clamp H for attaching the same to thesaddle-post.

The operation of the saddle will be obvious. When the bed-plate F issuddenly moved forward or rearwardly, as results when riding over anuneven surface, the seat A will travel back or forth upon the rollers G,the rod D bearing on the balls 0 within the guide B.

This backward -and -forward movement is gradually overcome by thesprings D and D and all jarringis thereby reduced to the minimum. Anyvertical jarring will of course be regulated by the supporting spring orsprings H. As greater pressure is exerted against the rear spring D atall times than against the front spring D, owing to the continualbackward pressure exerted by the rider,said spring D is, as beforestated, preferably constructed to receive a greater strain than theforward spring D. It will also be seen that in the event of wear uponthe rollers G and the balls 0 the bed-plate F and the bottom a of theseat maybe adjusted closer together by means of the screw 0.

While We have described our device as employing a ball-bearing O for therod D, a concave roll, as I, (shown in Figs. and 11,) may be employed.The shaft of this roller is slidably mounted in vertical slots 11 in thesides of the guide, and the roll may be adjusted by means of a screw, as0 adapted to bear upon a yoke i, bearing upon the shaft of the rollerand slidably mounted in said guide. Instead of employing rollers uponthe upper surface of the bed-plate balls may be substituted therefor, asshown in Fig. 9, and bear in channels formed in the seat-bottom a, asshown in Fig. 13.

In Figs. 8 and 9 we have shown another form of saddle in which thebottom of the seat is not channeled, but is provided with preferablyfour pins J,upon which are mounted rollers j. Two of these pins areadapted to project through and the rollers thereon bear against thesides of longitudinal slots J, formed in the bed-plate, while theremaining two pins bear upon opposite sides of the forwardly-projectingor tongue portion F of the bed-plate. The bed-plate F may be providedwith balls or rollers which travel upon the bottom of the seat, themovement of said seat being guided by the pins and their rollers.

In Fig. 12 is shown a spring K, which may be substituted for the springsD D This spring is secured at opposite ends to the bottom of thebed-plate F, preferably near the sides thereof, and passes through theguide B. The spring is coiled intermediate the guide and each end, asshown, this construction forming a simple, but effective, cushion forthe seat.

WVhile we have shown and described our improved saddleas constructedwith a rigid seat, it will be obvious that other forms of seats may beemployed, if desired.

In the foregoing description we have shown the preferred form of ourinvention; but we do not limit ourselves thereto, as we are aware thatmodifications maybe made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing the advantages thereof, and we therefore reserve the rightto make such changes as fairly 5 fall within the scope of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In a saddle, the combination of the slotted bed plate, the seat,movable bearings therefor interposed between, and contacting with, thebedplate and the under surface of the seat, a guide secured to the seatand projecting through the slotted plate, and a rod rigidly secured tothe plate, said guide slidably mounted upon t-he rod, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a saddle, the combination of the 1011- gitudinally-slottedbed-plate, the seat, movable bearings therefor interposed between, andcontacting with, the plate and the under surface of the seat, aguidesecured to the seat and projecting through the slot-ted plate, a rodrigidly secured to the under surface of the plate, said guide slidablymounted upon the rod, and means for gradually and automaticallycontrolling the movement of the seat upon its plate, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a saddle, the combination of the 1011- gitudinally-slottedbed-plate, the seat, movable bearings therefor interposed between, andcontacting with, the bed-plate and the under surface of the seat, aguide secured to the seat and projecting through the slotted plate, arod rigidly secured to the under surface of the plate longitudinallythereof, said guide slidably mounted thereon, and coiled springs mountedon the rod for gradually and automatically controlling the movement ofthe seat and its guide, substantially as described.

4. In a saddle, the combination of the longitudinally-slotted bed-plate,the seat mounted, and movable, thereon; bearings between said seat andplate; a guide secured to the seat and projecting through said slot;flanges on the plate at each end of said slot; a rod longitudinal of theslot and rigidly secured at each end to the flanges, said rod suitablymounted in the guide, and coiled springs mounted upon said rodintermediate the guide and flanges, substantially as described.

5. In a saddle, the combination of the slotted bed-plate, rollerssecured thereto, a seat mounted upon and contacting withthe rollers andmovable longitudinally thereon, a guide secured to the seat andprojecting through and slidable in the slotted plate, and a rod securedto the under surface of the plate, said guide slidably mountedthreomsubstantially as described;

6. In a saddle, the combination of the slot ted bed-plate, rollerssecured thereto, a channeled seat mounted on the rollers, said rollersadapted to travel in the channels, a guide secured to the seat andprojecting through the slotted plate, a rod secured to the under surfaceof the plate, said guide slidably mounted thereon, and bearings withinthe guide and contacting with the rod, substantially as de scribed.

7. In a saddle, the combination of the longithe seat mounted on saidrollers; the guide secured to the seat and projecting through said slot;a rod secured to the under surface of the bed-plate said guide slidablymounted thereon; and an adjustable bearing for said rod in said guide,substantially as described.

8. In a saddle, the combination of the longitudinally-slotted bed-plate;the seat movable thereon; the guide secured to the seat and projectingthrough said slot; a rod secured to the bed-plate and slidably mountedin the guide; adjustable plates secured in said guide; and ballsretained between, and proj ecting through one of, said plates andadapted to bear upon said rod, substantially as described.

9. In a saddle, the combination of the slotted bed-plate; the rollerssecured thereto;

the channeled seat mounted on the rollers,' 20

said rollers traveling in the channels; a guide secured to the seat andprojecting through the slot in the bed-plate flanges on said plateat'each ehd of said slot; a rod secured to the flanges and slidablymounted in the guide; an adjustable bearing, in said guide, for the rod;coiled springs mounted on the rod intermediate the guide and flanges;and means for connecting said bed-plateand a saddle-post clamp,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our sigmatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ERNEST E. MALLORY. CLINTON S. STONER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE O. RINGS, WM. A. HOLLINGTON.

